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Student ACES (ACE) is a 501(c)3 organization dedicated to providing leadership programs, mentoring, scholarships and internship opportunities for high school students. ACE’s focus is to inspire, train and mentor a community of student aces who exemplify leadership traits in athletics, community service and education. Our mission is to develop tomorrow’s leaders by providing best-in-class leadership curriculum, mentoring and projects that make a difference in their community

For more than 30 years, the Santa Barbara Education Foundation (SBEF) has provided financial resources for a multitude of projects that enhance the educational opportunities for every student in the Santa Barbara Unified School District. SBEF is the only funding organization that has the unique and specific mission of supporting all 15,000 students throughout 22 schools in the district. SBEF provides and supports programs that enrich the academic, artistic, and personal development of all students in the Santa Barbara Unified School District.

Our goal is to inspire intelligent use of the earth's natural resources and empower individuals to become leaders in biosphere stewardship. The problem - The health of our biosphere – our life support system – is decreasing due to climate change and the needs associated with a growing human population. Our efforts are strategic - We address this global challenge by working locally with island peoples whose livelihood is most affected by sweeping ecological changes. Our projects are collaborative - We learn from individuals about their environment while empowering them to become active advocates, practitioners, and leaders in their communities.

The East Grand Rapids Schools Foundation enriches the educational experience of our students by funding excellence in teaching and learning that requires financial support beyond the district. The Foundation provides for the immediate needs of our schools by funding programs or projects, and by funding enhancements to teaching and learning that are not covered by the regular school budget. Together, the Foundation and our generous donors provide funds for both immediate needs and long term enhancements within our district. The Foundation has an endowment of more than $14 million, thanks to the Now&Forever capital campaign. Since its inception, the Foundation has awarded more than $4 million in program support, grants, awards, and scholarships.

Franciscan Works is dedicated to breaking the cycle of poverty for the poorest of poor children in developing countries through education rooted in Gospel values in the spirit of St. Francis of Assisi. We develop the individual potential of children living in poverty so that they can live as God intended, making full use of their talents and abilities for the common benefit, in communion with God, nature and all humankind. Liberia Mission, Inc., located in West Africa, is the primary project of Franciscan Works. Liberia Mission is a community of love, learning, work and prayer. Here, children who were poor or orphaned - survivors of Liberia's long and brutal civil war - are learning to become future leaders in their families, communities, and country. We believe in "empowering the children of Liberia through faith and education."

826 is the largest youth writing network in the country. 826 was founded in 2002 by author Dave Eggers and educator Nínive Calegari. Rooted in the belief that strong writing skills are essential for academic and lifelong success, the 826 Network now serves close to 80,000 students ages 6-18 in under-resourced communities each year, with the support of almost 5,000 volunteers. 826 has chapters in nine U.S. cities: Boston, Chicago, Detroit/Ann Arbor, Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New Orleans, New York City, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. Each chapter offers five core programs for free: After-School Tutoring, Field Trips, Workshops, Young Authors' Book Project, and In-School program.826Digital.com makes our inventive writing resources available to educators everywhere for free.

Every Child, Inc. was started 18 years ago in response to a need in the community. Children were starting school without the necessary supplies, thereby hampering their ability to succeed. The first year Every Child, Inc. distributed a new backpack filled with school supplies for every child living in the Sarasota Housing projects. Since that time, thousands of backpacks have been handed out, with the hopes that these children will do better in school. For 16 years, Every Child, Inc. has given out thousands of new books to children to keep, with the hopes of encouraging them to read. Every Child, Inc. has been concerned about child hunger, distributing bags of groceries to families for the weekend. Every Child, Inc. has worked with many local agencies to help make sure that children get what they need to succeed in school and become healthy, responsible adults.

Walking Mountains Science Center's mission is to awaken a sense of wonder and inspire environmental stewardship through natural science education. To that end, we are focused on the following goals: 1. Improve the science literacy among the students in Eagle County by providing hands-on, experiential natural science education programs, indoors and out, that excite them about learning science and increase their knowledge of our mountain environment 2. Train exceptional science teachers through a graduate fellowship program whose participants serve as our educators for 15 months, then pursue their masters degrees and teaching careers where they continue to inspire students wherever they are located 3. Provide innovative science and environmental education programs for adults and families, both residents and visitors, that make them aware of the importance of sustainability, energy conservation, and the protection of our mountain environment, inspiring to take what they learned back to their home communities 4. Involve members of the community in citizen science projects, i.e. monitoring the water quality in Buck Creek on our campus, participating in annual bird counts, etc.

Redwood Cooperative School was established in 2014 with the goal of fostering children’s creativity and curiosity through progressive, project-based learning. Through experiential education, we aim to create a learning environment that nurtures the whole child. Redwood School equally promotes all disciplines of education from Literacy, Math, Science, Social Studies, Physical Education, Nature, Music, Visual Art and Play. Our cooperative model allows for collaboration between classroom teachers, program specialists and parents. This pooling of time, talents and resources promotes a deep level of learning and allows for our children to be immersed in their educational experience, fostering their innate thirst for knowledge. Our programs promote the arts and emphasize the strong connection to nature and the outdoors while maintaining high standards in core content areas such as Reading, Writing, Math, Science, and Social Studies. At Redwood, blended grade classrooms encourage the development of social and emotional intelligence, providing the students opportunities to interact through group work and free play. Our student to instructor ratio is low (approximately 6 to 1) as we have one Head teacher in the classroom, an assistant teacher and a parent each day. We celebrate diversity by allowing children to be themselves and providing a learning experience that meets each student’s individual needs. Redwood strives to provide all this at a tuition rate that is affordable to most families. Financial aid is available.

The NOCCA Foundation champions the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts. We build philanthropic, lasting partnerships. We invest in young artists, their mentors and the community through programs that encourage educational and cultural innovation. HOW WE SUPPORT NOCCA: The New Orleans Center for Creative Arts was founded in 1973 and opened its doors to students in 1974. Today, NOCCA is Louisiana’s arts conservatory for high school students, offering intensive instruction in Classical Music, Creative Writing, Culinary Arts, Dance, Drama, Jazz, Media Arts, Musical Theatre, Theatre Design, Vocal Music, Visual Arts, and academics. Students come from across Louisiana, attending via full-day, afternoon, and after-school sessions. Admission to NOCCA is by audition, and there is no tuition. The NOCCA Foundation (formerly The NOCCA Institute) is NOCCA’s nonprofit partner, providing supplemental funding for NOCCA and advocacy for its world-class program. Some of the Foundation’s more notable endeavors include: a Student Success Program that pays for students’ classroom supplies, college application fees, required private music lessons, fees associated with important summer training programs across the country, as well as emergency food support; an Artists-in-Residence Program that brings more than 100 professional visiting artists into NOCCA’s classrooms each year; the capital campaign for NOCCA’s current home and expansion projects like Press Street Gardens; a wide array of arts classes for adults; and concert, gallery, and literary events for the community. The Foundation also oversees rentals of the NOCCA campus, making it available to arts organizations, individuals, corporations, and other groups.

The project includes a tennis program, school, and loving home for orphaned children in Uganda.

Raise fund to support innovative and motivating programs and projects for students of the Boise School Distirtc.